Today in 1962

Via NPR's Alt.Latino, on this day in 1962, César Chávez founded the United Farm Workers of America. An early poster from the National Museum of American History is below.

Source: Smithsonian American History Museum

Posting this as part of Hispanic Heritage Month.

RIP Boomer

Today marked the end for our oldest cat Boomer. We rescued him from a Petsmart in Indianapolis in August 1998. He was probably 2 or 3 years old then. Boomer traveled with us from Indiana to Virginia, then to California & back to Virginia. Boomer had lost a lot of weight over the past 2 months, and we couldn't bear to see him suffer any more.

Photo by Patrick Jones - Boomer, August 2010

Photo by Patrick Jones - Boomer, August 2013

Boomer had gone deaf a few years ago but still had a nose for bacon & meat off the grill up until his last couple of weeks. We'll miss the cat.

Where did September go?

It's hard to believe October begins on Tuesday. I'm still catching up from September. The previous week we were in Indiana visiting family, then I flew on Tuesday for a week of meetings in Los Angeles. While I was out, a large package of records arrived from the Warren County Genealogical Society in Ohio, and I received a zip file of articles from the Willard Library in Evansville, Indiana. So I have some catching up to do.

Photo by Patrick Jones - Alexandria, VA, 8 Sept 2013

I now have the files to verify the Lambert family was in Indiana before it became a state, as well as Ohio. Descendants of Josiah/Josias Lambert can qualify for both the Territorial Guard Society of Indiana (if you're an Indiana Genealogical Society member) or the First Families of Ohio program. This is on my to-do list in the next couple of months, along with my long delayed documentation for First Families of Tennessee status.

I have a big trip to Bali, Indonesia later in the month and some major projects in my primary field. I'll try to bring some other intriguing stories from my wife's side of the family to the blog too.

Travel Tuesday - Homecoming

This past weekend we traveled back to Indiana for Wabash College homecoming and a special induction ceremony for the 1993 Swimming team in the Wabash College Athletic Hall of Fame.

Photo credit: Wabash College. 1993 Swimming & Diving Team.

It was an honor to be inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame, and I'm very lucky to have been part of a team with such a talented group of guys. The team went undefeated, finished 8th in Division III, won the Notre Dame Relays, and of course, beat DePauw.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Wabash v Denison, 21 Sept 2013

The kids enjoying the Wabash College lawn

Wordless Wednesday - Colorful Singapore

Photo by Patrick Jones - Singapore, 16 June 2011